Final Essay

The abundance of children is doing nothing but worsening the starving conditions of the nation. However, babies could become a useful member of society if they were to be sold to the meat market. As mentioned within the text, “a young healthy Child well Nursed is at a year Old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome Food”. Young children of society would no longer be a burden but a solution to end starvation within the communities.

In the beginning of the story, Bradbury uses foreshadowing in the exchange between the husband and wife where the wife asks the husband to look at the nursery. The wife states, “I just want you to look at it, is all, or call a psychologist to look at it.” It is from this passage that you realize something has changed in the household that the family may need outside help to resolve it. Ray Bradbury also uses foreshadowing in the constant screams coming from the nursery to emphasize that there is a consequences that comes with over valuing material possessions. The family’s lifestyle is based around the house and the nursery and when the parents begin so see it as a negative thing, it starts to impact the family. The children believe its okay to disobey their parents and not respect what they have to say. The author also quotes “blood and death in the nursery”, this hints that the situation in the nursery is going to get out of control and eventually lead to an extreme case, being death. The author also uses “chewed wallets” and shows that because the material possessions meant so much to them they began to value them more then each other. The wallet represents all the costs that came with building the room and the fact that they were chewed shows how it negatively impacted the family. Because of the parent’s idea to

As previously stated, the narrator is the one who describes and foreshadows the scapegoat use of the child. The narrator described a lack of guilt in Omelas which leads to the idea of scapegoatism. Once the narrator reveals the child and the harsh conditions in which it lives, the narrator also reveals uses of the child. In fact, the narrator makes the reader aware of the scapegoat by stating, “They all know it has to be there,” (252). After the narrator explains how the people of Omelas know the child has to remain in its tortured cellar, he/she explains that their city and its beauty depends on it (252). The depiction of needing the child for the ultimate happiness of the utopia basically describes using him/her as the person to blame. Basically, the child is giving the people of Omelas someone to blame for all the minor flaws, so that they can continue their happy life. Lastly, the narrator explains the theme of ignorance being bliss when he/she describes, “Some of them have come to see it, others are content merely to know it is there,” (252). Since the narrator tells the reader that not everyone goes to see the child, he/she is telling the audience that some choose to not see it. If they don’t see the child suffering then they can pretend it is not, and they can

In the short novella, the dictatorial leaders forbid people to develop emotions and relationships with one another. This society suggests that it is a sin to prefer one person over another, also known as the Transgression of Preference. The totalilarian government restricts people from experiencing family, friend, and romantic

“TRUE! – nervous – very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?” (Poe). While this quote is said by the narrator in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” it could have easily been said by Poe himself. Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most important literary figures for the American Romanticism movement, which lasted roughly from 1826 to 1865. The romanticism movement heavily emphasized inspiration, subjectivity, and individual uniqueness while rejecting rational thoughts for intuitive and emotional ones. Poe spent his entire life experiencing tremendous heartbreak and suffering that influenced his work and the work of others for generations.

Though Lenina is a Beta with the perfect hard working life and freedoms (while not having to do too much), the promiscuity practiced and pushed upon the people of the New World State becomes overwhelming for her when she and Henry have been together for four months. “‘And after all,’ Fanny’s tone was coaxing, ‘it’s not as though there were anything painful or disagreeable about having one or two men besides Henry. And seeing that you ought to be a little more promiscuous…’” (Huxley 43). By bringing up the fact that Lenina is not near promiscuous enough to satisfy the wants of her society shows the resilience she may have towards the raunchy behaviors. Lenina says it herself—she “hadn’t been feeling very keen on promiscuity lately” (Huxley 43). Even Fanny, who has ridiculed Lenina for her promiscuity (or lack thereof) has been

31, ¶ 67) Eighner details society's problems in accepting what they already have. "Students throw food away… because they do not know whether it has spoiled…" (Pg. 25, ¶ 22) Society even unknowingly determine food and possessions as trash without further consideration of whether the possessions may prove useful in the future. Eighner condemns society for not understanding that necessity is more important than desire. "These mothers… are forced… to beg sustenance for their helpless infants, who… either turn thieves…" (Swift, Pg. 857, ¶ 1) Swift introduces that children serve as a burden to not just their poor parents but also to the troubled society once they grow up. "...a child… shall on the contrary contribute to the feeding, and partly to the clothing, of many thousands." (Pg. 858, ¶ 4) Swift formulates that children should help society rather than be a burden. Eighner and Swift present the problems of society and their view of what needs to be known.

For Charlie Bundrum, the importance of caring for his children came down to a simple code: “Don’t let nothin’ happen to it. Kill if you have to, but don’t never, ever let nothin’ happen to it, because it is weak, and small, and it belongs to you.” Protecting and caring for his children was a keystone in the life of Charlie Bundrum who never killed a man because “who would have fed his family, if he was so foolish.” The emphasis on caring for one’s children is also exemplified by Ava throughout the trials through which the Bundrum family travelled. As Edna recalls, “Momma wouldn’t eat, but watched us eat.” Ava put the nutrition and well-being of her children before her own, ensuring that they were taken care of before taking care of herself. The importance of family is also exemplified in the experience of mill worker Annie Viola Fries who remembers “if I got sick, he’d come to the house to see me. If I’d be sick, Mama would let him come in to see me.” For her parents, caring for their child mattered more than parental conflict and divorce; it allowed for reconciliation long enough to ensure that Annie was okay. For all of these working poor, promoting family life, especially through caring for their children, was a defining aspect of their

Poe’s use of the first person point of view and a suspenseful tone, present in the mind of the narrator, illustrates his distressed mental state to show the overpowering effects of insanity, which influences the narrator’s perception of the old man as his double. Immense insanity influences the narrator’s identification with the diseased old man, and one night he relates their moans of terror: “I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt and pitied him although I chuckled at heart” (Poe 2). The narrator sees the man as his double through such an emphasis on their similar features, which later becomes crucial as the narrator feels the need for the displacement of his fear. The fact that the old man’s fear is warranted due to his existence in actual physical danger serves to show that the narrator’s feeling of an association with the man through a bond of recurring paranoia is unjustified due to such sane and normal feelings of apprehension in only this circumstance. His perceived association with the man and constant feelings of fear, lead to his logical conclusion – based off of his own feelings of self-loathing and self-hatred – that he would actually be doing the man a great service by killing him, an action in which he also temporarily soothes his own agitations through a transference

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers is a novel that takes place in a small southern town during the times of pre-World War II, the late 1930's. McCuller's main characters are misfits, lonely and rejected. They are all looking for a place in the world. The most tragic of the characters is a deaf-mute named John Singer.

In Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Tell-Tale Heart,” the narrator explains how he is not mad, how cautious he is in planning a murder. A person can argue however with the narrator of ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’, which he is indeed mad. The anxiety the narrator experiences through out the story makes him mad, it is also the guilt that brought on more anxiety to the narrator at the end of the story. The narrator constantly speaks of how he is not mad; he constantly as the reader why would they think he is mad. “True! –nervous-very, very, dreadfully nervous. I had been and still am; but why will you say that I am mad?” (Poe 884). The narrator does not believe that he is a mad man, much less have any mental issues. In “Overview: ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’” the

In a utopian society extreme feelings are to be avoided so that one’s feelings are hurt. By taking soma constantly the citizens of World State can never truly feel real or strong emotions. “‘And you felt a strong emotion in consequence?’ ‘Horrible’ ‘Horrible; precisely,’ said the Controller. ‘Our ancestors were so stupid and short-sighted that when the first reformers came along and offered to deliver them from those horrible emotions, they wouldn’t have anything to do with them’” (Huxley 45). The society they live in believes that feelings are horrible and anyone who has feelings is myopic. The soma eliminates emotion of any sort. Lenina has been going out with Henry Foster for four months and her friend Fanny says “‘I really do think you ought to be careful. It’s such horribly bad form to go on and on like this with one man. … And you know how strongly the D.H.C. objects to anything intense or long drawn’” (Huxley 41). The government does not approve of long term relationships, considering that it evokes feelings of love which they are trying to avoid. By having short flings and taking soma, they have no connection to that person. The government wants to create stability “‘Stability. No civilization without social stability. No social stability without individual stability’” (Huxley 42). In order to create stability, there needs to be no feelings that may sway the stability. Soma controls the people’s feelings; therefore, the government is gaining what they want using

A strong force to perpetuate this binary is the economic interest that are embedded in the gendering of society. This narrative creates a form of consent, when norms get perpetuated instead of resisting the formations of gender. Nonetheless, Bio-power is an indispensable element in the development of capitalism, which has sustained through controlling sexuality; “the controlled insertion of bodies into the machinery of production and the adjustment of the phenomena of population to economic processes” (141). Through a capitalist lens, normalizing sexuality in order to internalize happiness has been framed with the association of marriage and family. These dominant symbols create a sense of happiness for society, because it brings about economic

Public lands that allow us to easily access natural amenities have received more attention recently in the sense that they provide quality of life for residents and recreational opportunities for tourists. These characteristics of public lands provide economic benefits for communities adjacent to public lands. These communities refer to gateway communities, which have economic ties to public lands and provide necessary services for visitors to public lands (Kurtz, 2010; U.S. House of Representatives, 2005). Examples include towns abut to national and state forests, monuments, parks, wildlife refuge, lakeshores, scenic riverway, and recreation area (Kurtz, 2010). These communities generally have a smaller population base and yet are “hotspots” that experience rapid population and economic growth (Hester, 2013). In addition, they have characteristically relied on relatively few or even a single source to drive the local economy (Kurtz, 2003).

“The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.” ~Lois McMaster Bujold. The deceased cannot tell someone to provide justice, only law enforcement can. This short story is one of many of Edgar Allan Poe’s famous stories. This story is about the narrator that takes care of an old man on a day-to-day basis. One day, he realized has been deeply disturbed by the old man’s eye for a while, which has a vulture-like cataract on it. He became so bothered that he slowly decided to kill the old man. He watches the old man sleeping for seven nights until the narrator makes a sound on the next night, and the old man wakes up and, in fear, opens his eyes. The narrator, upon seeing the eye, invades the old man’s